Haryana food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister, Karan Dev Kamboj, on Wednesday said that the state government has recovered about Rs 11 crore due from two rice millers as Custom Milled Rice (CMR).

This amount was due from CMR of 2013-14 and 2015-16, Kamboj said adding that a total of Rs 9.5 crore was recovered from Nissing of Bhagwati Rice Millers and about Rs 1.5 crore from Jharvir Rana, a rice miller of Jhansa in Kurukshetra.

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He said that the state government has recovered about 99 per cent CMR in the past years but some rice millers were not paying off their due CMR.

In view of which, case have been registered against such people because of which the amount due has been recovered.

Besides this, the minister said that directions have been issued to attach the property three rice millers of the district, costing about Rs 25 crore by Deputy Commissioner of Kurukshetra.

He said that the state government had already warned the milers of strict legal actions in case they fail to deposit their due CMR with the government.